Where would your WordPress blog be without a plugin or two? WordPress plugins add functionality to your blog. They make blogging easier, more secure or just simply prettier. With over 31,000 WordPress plugins available in the WordPress repository alone, how do you start choosing? When you see lists of 50 or 101 essential WordPress Plugins, […]
Article Writing Challenge – June
Variety Article Writing Challenge Bonnie Gean is running her Article Writing Challenge again this month. It’s just the kick I need to get started blogging again. You know how it is… Stop doing something for a little while and fall out of the habit. Then it gets harder, and harder to start again the longer […]
Combat WordPress Comment Spam (Akismet Alternative)
Who hasn’t battled with WordPress comment spam? It’s an ongoing war for anyone with a WordPress website! I wrote some time ago about how to kill comment spam and recommended Akismet. I’ve been asked about an alternative to Akismet… An Akismet Alternative The Akismet anti-spam plugin come pre-installed on WordPress. Some years ago, it was […]
Video Blogging Challenge Day 11
Bonnie’s video blogging tip earlier this week talked about making videos without a video camera. I am no stranger to making videos and not sitting in front of a camera! I tend to do screen-share tutorial type vids. To mix things up a bit, I thought I’d take a look at other video options that […]
The Best of My Local Business Online 2013
Before I get to revealing my plans, mission and goals for 2014, I thought I’d take a quick look at the the most popular posts here on My Local Business Online in 2013. I wasn’t quite sure how to count these posts, so I looked at post views and comments. Perhaps not surprisingly, the most […]
Murphy’s Laws of Moving my WordPress Site
Some months back now, I said I was going to move My Local Business Online from Hostgator to my reseller host at WebHosting Buzz. Oh how I tried to move my WordPress website… and tried and tried again! It should be simple. It is USUALLY simple. Finally, I hope I’ve succeeded in moving this blog! […]
7 Blogging Lessons From Your Christmas Jumper
It’s Save The Children’s National Christmas Jumper Day today, 13th December. You can take part (just like Richard Branson) by tweeting your pic to @savethechildrenuk and use the hashtag #XmasJumperDay Ready your knits for @savechildrenuk #XmasJumperDay tomorrow! http://t.co/eBaH1GA9Kf Here’s mine pic.twitter.com/WK6S5bHzmP — Richard Branson (@richardbranson) December 12, 2013 Can Your Jumper Teach You To […]